The House Transportation Committee on Tuesday took the first step toward making the Map Act history by giving it a favorable report. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Rayne Brown, R-Davidson,…
Senate Republicans Craft Balanced Plan to Cut, Freeze Gas Tax Proposal will stabilize highly volatile transportation funds, protect projects Raleigh, N.C. – Senate Republicans have introduced a plan to cut and…
Carolina Journal’s Barry Smith offers up an update on latest development’s in Raleigh over attempts to regulation “sharing economy” services such as Lyft, Uber, and Airbnb. Because of the local…
• Primary results are in! Carolina Journal’s wrap-up is here, and will be updated throughout the day as more results come in. • Embattled New Hanover County Commissioner Brian Berger…
Carolina Journal’s Barry Smith reports here on Tuesday’s news conference about the impact of tax reform passed by the legislature and signed into law by the governor. Gov. Pat McCrory…
Tax Day marked the occasion for a news conference touting the long-term benefits of North Carolina’s 2013 state tax reform package. Gov. Pat McCrory joined Sen. Bill Rabon, R-Brunswick; Rep.…
• Shameless plug: Tonight, the John Locke Foundation celebrates its 24th anniversary at the North Ridge Country Club. (Info here.) JLF President John Hood looks back at the foundation’s early…
It appears that the puppy mill bill is dead. So say the leaders of the state Senate in a press release sent out Monday afternoon. Leaders blame “extreme, divisive, and…
The NC Senate appointed their conference committee members for the budget negotiations today. The House has not appointed conferees at this writing. All of the members are Republicans and have…
This morning the Carolina Journal reported that the Senate passed a tax reform proposal in the finance committee. The finance committee chair did not support the changes to the tax…
The state Senate offered details today about a tax reform plan designed to cut North Carolinians’ tax burden by $1 billion over three years, starting in 2014. The plan eventually…
Senate leader Phil Berger has announced that fellow Republican Sens. Bob Rucho and Bill Rabon will co-chair the N.C. Senate’s Finance Committee, which is responsible for tax policy. From Berger’s…